Please find below the updated SEIFSA Info Note for the MEIBC/MIBFA levies and contributions which has been updated to include the latest increases to the Engineering Industries Pension Fund (EIPF) or Metal Industries Provident Fund (MIPF) levy for employers effective 1 July 2023: SEIFSA INFO NOTE MEIBC-MIBFA LEVIES AND CONTRIBUTIONS AS AT 1 JULY 2023
Webinar: The Employment Service Act & Pending Amendment Act – impact on Private Employment Agencies
The Employment Services Act (ESA) provides a legal framework within which Private Employment Agencies, including TES, are required to operate. This webinar focused on the current regulations that need to be complied with as well as the pending regulations that add on the issue of Foreign Nationals and Digital Platform workers. Both of these could…
Minister published draft sectoral numerical targets for Comment – Solidarity lodges legal challenge to the Setting of sectoral numerical targets
July 2023LABOUR BRIEF NO. 461 This act amends the Employment Equity Act of 1998 “EEA”. One of the main objectives of the amendments introduced is to empower the Minister of Employment and Labour (Minister) to, among other things, identify and set employment equity numerical targets for each national economic sector. On Friday, 12 May 2023,…
2023 AMENDMENTS TO THE CCMA RULES
June 2023LABOUR BRIEF NO. 460 On 21 April 2023, the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) published amended Rules for CCMA proceedings (Rules). These Rules include several new additions and alterations. We highlight some of the amendments which warrant attention below. The Rules came into effect on 24 April 2023. There are also fresh…
Draft EE Sectoral Targets for Public Comment
Please note that the draft EE sectoral targets under the EE Amendment act have been published for public comment for 30 days as at the 12th of May 2023. Draft EE Regulations 2023 for Public Comment_12 May 2023
THE EMPLOYMENT EQUITY ACT AND EMPLOYER INSPECTIONS
May 2023LABOUR BRIEF NO. 459 The 2023 amendments to the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998 (EEA) aside, the Department of Employment and Labour (DEL) has in the recent past been active in the inspection of designated employers to monitor both general compliance with the EEA and to ensure that designated employers have prepared and…
Webinar: The Human Capital and Labour Relations Mega-trends for 2023
The truth is that we have to conduct scenario-planning for the next 5 years in a very disruptive environment. This session looked at the mega-trends impacting TES and staffing solutions and the response required from a HR and labour relations context. Specifically, looking at o Working arrangements o Platform work o Employee wellbeing o Legal…
CAPES Annual Review 2022/3
Please find below the CAPES Annual Review for 2022/3: CAPES Annual Review 2022-23
CAPES Memo 7-2023 Sector EE Targets Update
Following receipt of correspondence from DEL late last week, please find below CAPES Memo regarding the EE sector targets impacting PEA/TES: CAPES Memo 7-2023 Sector EE Targets Update
Do the CCMA Rules Empower a Commissioner to Ignore a Late Con/Arb Objection and Proceed with an Arbitration in terms of Section 191 (5)(a)(c) of the LRA?
April 2023LABOUR BRIEF NO. 458 In a recent decision of the Labour Court in Valinor Trading 133 CC t/a Kings Castle v The CCMA and Others (JR292/19) ZALCJHB 10 (3 February 2023), the court answered “no” to this question. The dispute in this matter related to the termination of an agreement between an individual…